Terrill - pafg26 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File

Terrill/Terrill/Tyrrell Lines


Robert Terrill SIMS [Parents] was born about 1772. He married Polly MARSTON.

Polly MARSTON was born about 1774. She married Robert Terrill SIMS.

They had the following children:

  M i George SIMS

Edmund SIMS [Parents] was born about 1778. He married Lavinia TUCKER in 1809.

Lavinia TUCKER was born about 1785. She married Edmund SIMS in 1809.


BUTLER was born about 1780. He married Sarah "Sallie" SIMS in 1801.

Sarah "Sallie" SIMS [Parents] was born about 1782. She married BUTLER in 1801.


Henry SIMS [Parents] was born about 1785. He married Peggy MARSHALL in 1809.

Peggy MARSHALL was born about 1787. She married Henry SIMS in 1809.

They had the following children:

  M i Robert Marshall SIMS

William COLLINS was born about 1785. He married Avel SIMS in 1809.

Spelled "Collons" in the will of wife's father.

Avel SIMS [Parents] was born about 1787. She married William COLLINS in 1809.


Thomas TUCKER was born about 1785. He married Nancy SIMS in 1808.

Nancy SIMS [Parents] was born about 1788. She married Thomas TUCKER in 1808.


George SIMS [Parents] was born about 1804. He married Elizabeth TATUM.

Elizabeth TATUM was born about 1805. She married George SIMS.


Reuben TERRILL [Parents] was born about 1745. He died about 1776 in , Albemarle Co., Virginia. Reuben married Mildred WALKER on 14 May 1771 in , Orange Co., Virginia.

Unknown parentage. Some say he is son of Robert Terrill and Mary Foster, but his children are not listed in Robert Terrill's will (they may have already received their inheritance). On 14 July 1768, Reuben was designated as of St. Thomas Parish, Orange Co., VA, where he bought 795 acres of land in Albemarle Co. He would have had to be at least age 21 to buy land. On 14 March 1770, Reuben Terrill witnessed a deed in Albemarle from Thomas McCullough to Robert Terrill of St. Thomas Parish, Orange Co. Reuben's will dated 12 Jan. 1776 - Nov. 1776, named his wife Milly and the children. The estate was to be divided equally when Mary came of age or married. Brother John Terrill to be guardian of the children, and also was named one of the executors (W.B.II, p. 347). His wife remarried and the children are listed by Dicken. Will inventory 1785.

Mildred WALKER was born about 1747. She married Reuben TERRILL on 14 May 1771 in , Orange Co., Virginia.

Her first name is given as "Mary" in marriage document.

They had the following children:

  F i Mary TERRILL
  M ii John TERRILL

John WOOD was born about 1770. He married Mary TERRILL.

Mary TERRILL [Parents] was born about 1772 in , Albemarle Co., Virginia. She married John WOOD.


John TERRILL [Parents] was born about 1774 in , Albemarle Co., Virginia. He died in 1857 in , Albemarle Co., Virginia. John married Lucy BURGHER on 2 Apr 1801.

Died childless. See W.B. 24, p. 390, where he directed that after the death of his wife his land was to go to his nephew, Reuben Wood, and his slaves to be freed and sent to Liberia. His slave Abba not to be sent against her will.

He may be the one who signed the will of William Lee as a witness, along with Zachariah Wood in 1810:

http://c-23.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/orange/wills/lwl00002.txt

Lucy BURGHER was born about 1780. She married John TERRILL on 2 Apr 1801.

Received 6/99 from "John M. Pascucci" :

I believe Lucy Burgher, daughter of David Burgher & wife of John Terrell or
Terrill (son of Reuben), was the granddaughter of Rev. Benjamin Burgher &
Elizabeth Sowell, great granddaughter of Manus Burgher & Miss Wheeler
(daughter of Benjamin Dodd Wheeler, Sr. & Nancy), & great great
granddaughter of Govert Burgher.

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